Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983georl..10..221s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 10, Mar. 1983, p. 221-224.
Physics
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Current Sheets, Earth Magnetosphere, Field Aligned Currents, Geomagnetic Tail, Geomagnetism, Neutral Currents, Neutral Sheets, Earth Ionosphere, International Sun Earth Explorers, Magnetic Storms, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Magnetohydrodynamics, Mathematical Models
Scientific paper
Externally-driven reconnection is simulated by solving the magnetohydrodynamic equations in a three-dimensional, tail-like geometry. As reconnection proceeds, the tail current is interrupted locally and field-aligned currents are generated. The field-aligned current flows towards the ionosphere on the morning side and away from the ionosphere in the evening. The field-aligned currents flow in a narrow band at the outer edge of the plasma sheet. Thus, the simulation demonstrates that the nightside substorm current system is a natural consequence of the driven reconnection model.
Ashour-Abdalla Maha
Hayashi Tadashi
Sato Takeshi
Walker Ray J.
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